Friday, February 26, 2010

1: "That Guy"

Alright, so this is my first time blogging. I, like many others in this day and age have decided that I have something to say to the world as a whole. This has forced me to say a phrase that I have found myself saying saying a little too often lately, namely "I've become 'that guy'". Now, I kind of hate saying this phrase mostly because it's almost an admission of defeat to the fact that I'm changing into something that I don't necessarily want to become, which isn't the case 100% of the time. Here are a few examples of "those guys" that I've been becoming:
1. The "way too into Lost guy": Ok, so I haven't totally turned into "that guy" yet. I just find it a little troubling that the other day, I had an hour long conversation about the final season of this show and what we believe is going to happen and what Jacob means in every single one of his cryptic one-liners.
2. The "brings his guitar everywhere guy": My little sister has given me a lot of trash about this one. I would say that about 70% of the time that I'm driving around, I have a guitar in the back seat. The really interesting thing is that I hardly EVER play the thing. I realized that I had a problem a few weeks ago when I was around someone else's guitar and, upon receiving permission to play it, retrieved a guitar pick from my wallet. I then realized that at any given moment, I have 3-5 guitar picks on my person just in case.
3. The "way too into his dog guy": Alright, so this one I will openly admit that I am a little ashamed of. I find myself feeling bad that my dog has been in his kennel for a bit too long, constantly searching for new and more exciting toys that he will more than likely destroy within the first 24 hours of purchasing it, allowing my dog to sit on my lap as I drive my car and occasionally I will talk to my dog... Yeah, I've become "that guy". I can take a measure of solace in the fact that he isn't talking back yet. Perhaps with a few less friends and a couple of crushing failures... Who knows?!

4 comments:

  1. Good to see you've got blog, Mark! I recently found myself being referred to not as "That Guy" but as "The Guy" which can, potentially, have the same connotations. In this caseit was a good thing. "He's The Guy." I can't really show inflection here, but let's just say it was positive.

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  2. That's awesome. Hey, why is YOUR slideshow working?

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  3. I think that "the guy" in general is a better thing to be than "that guy". "the guy" is looked up to and revered, "the guy" is the guy that people go to for questions on a certain topic. "that guy" carries a certain amount of disdain with it.
    also, mary you need to make a picasa account

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  4. I'm gonna come back and read this when I have more time. My only suggestion: more pictures please!

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